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Former Deputy Mayor of Pittwater, Ian White, has announced he is standing for election in the Pittwater Ward at the Northern Beaches Council election on Saturday 9 September. The Primary School teacher will be running with the “Your Northern Beaches Independent Team” and says his eight years of experience on the former Pittwater Council will ensure the people at the northern end of the peninsula will have a strong and independent voice.
· Strongly advocated for a change in engaging the local community across the northern beaches for feedback and ideas via media, workshops, community events and more resulting in a 94% satisfaction rate.
· Continued to encourage online consultation with the community on items that concern them which grew our digital audience by 400% in engagement in one year.
· Continued and grew face to face consultation and information forums.
· This was one of the important factors in Council winning first prize in the Government Contact Centre Excellence Awards, which recognise government organisations from across Australia and New Zealand that go above and beyond their duty in a bid to increase customer service and satisfaction.
· Won Excellence in Communication in 2014.
· Our Councillors spent considerable time on local issues by visiting residents at their homes, businesses, attending community committees, attending meetings,emailing, phone calls listening to their concerns and issues and bringing them to staff's attention.
